Texts from iPhone user suddenly going to Messages on my Mac instead of going to my Android phone

It sounds as if they are sending a message to your Apple ID rather than your mobile number. Have them go into their contacts on their phone and remove your email address. Have them restart their phone.

If that doesn't work, they may need to delete the thread.

100 Watt Walrus wrote:

Yep. Messages is a terribly designed app. So confusing for elderly users. So easy to make mistakes. So dependent on the user recognizing icons and the like. I miss "it just works."

KiltedTim is correct. I am, by forum standards, fairly young. I'm only 62. We have regulars who are into their nineties who know more about a lot of Apple tech than I will ever know.

I hate people assuming that older people can't handle technology, can't learn technology. That's just plain nonsense. Anyone with their cognitive functions intact can learn the latest technology if they want to. Mind you, I don't judge them if they choose not to.

It's fine to not like the Messages app. You're entitled to your opinion that it's badly designed. You don't need to use the "elderly" as a justification.

By the way, I've never had any issues using the Messages app. But, perhaps I'm just not old enough. ;-)

Be careful how you characterize “elderly users”… Many of the senior members here are well into retirement…